• 7 years experience in Print production/Publishing (Print Media Management graduate) • Printweek Awards Jury commendation in the ‘Student of the year’ category (Oct 2007) • Reliable U.K and Singapore work history and skills • Bilingual English/French (mother tongue)
Layout and creation of pdf versions of Country Risk reports covering two large quarterly publications Creating charts and tables using Microsoft Excel based formulas and XML scripts Publishing quarterly online stories across a variety of Country Risk areas and formatting the simple HTML if required Working closely with analysts to ensure all content is delivered for layout purposes Working daily with Sub-editors to coordinate review cycles and copy fit requirements Communicating closely with other production group contacts, in assisting overall production workload Ensuring quality standards of content, as set-out in the Production guidelines Participating in the overall Production team objective of publishing content for BMI’s portfolio of publications Managing own daily and weekly workload
DESIGN Designing of various materials such as banners, postcards, photo-collage, division newsletter, posters and folders Acting as point of contact for all the agency imaging requirements Putting together briefs for the external designers
PRINT (publications, large format, event materials) Coordinating design, print, and translation with all external suppliers Making specifications for print Negociating with printers Checking and signing off proofs Quality control of material Ensuring strict corporate branding guidelines are adhered to by suppliers Achievements: managed Print tender: all stages from reviewing pre-qualification questionnaires to evaluating final entries (gained knowledge of procurement/tender process) Coordinated the Annual Report 2008/09. Liaised with Parliament Officials and The Stationary Office to ensure the report was complete and laid before Parliament to deadline.
WEB AND INTRANET Producing Flash images for the homepage banner Providing support on ad-hoc projects to the Online Publishing Manager: creating web pages, uploading documents Providing support to the internal Communications Manager on various internal projects and monthly e-newsletter: coming up with visual creative ideas, researching, choosing and manipulating/optimizing images
STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION Acting as first point of contact for the storage of publications Stock control Monitoring of the online ordering system Coordinating all deliveries from printers and orders from members of the public and NPSA staff
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Seminars: photography, how to write for the intranet, online video hosting / Internal courses; ‘Putting Customers First’, ‘Diversity and Equality’, ‘Stress Management’, ‘Early resolution skills’ / External courses: Adobe Creative CS5, Ilustrator CS4, ‘Design Does It’ (making the most of design briefs), InDesign CS4, Flash CS3.
Administration Liaising with customers Responding to web (and email) quote enquiries Ensuring proofs are signed off by customers before printing Taking payments Assisting with artwork Helping with print production and quality check before dispatching orders
Technical Adobe Creative CS5 and CS4 (InDesign/Illustrator/Acrobat Professional/Flash), Quark Express, Microsoft Office, Print specifications, PC and Mac platforms
Interpersonal Attention to detail, team player and self-motivated, effective communicator, customer focused, good planner, organised, calm under pressure, adaptable.
